Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady, Good demand for feeder classes, Steady demand for yearlings. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 lower,Slaughter bulls steady, Moderate demand for slaughter classes

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.04/cwt on 348 head.

Average price

$137.04

348 head · 691 lb average

Value per head Derived

$946

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$367

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$6.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.03

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	693	137.09	950	345
Medium and Large 2-3	445	130.78	582	3thin

One grade step is worth $6.31/cwt here — about $367 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale348 hd

137.04

—

KY average26 barns · 9,458 hd

140.06

−3.03

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,558	83.96	1,308	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,297	55.95	725	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,583	54.34	860	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,088	52.57	572	7thin

Every lot, as filed

76 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards - Maysville, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	164.33/cwt	150.00–172.00	605	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	125.22/cwt	121.00–127.00	788	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	860	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	135.04/cwt	129.00–140.00	631	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	149.51/cwt	145.00–152.00	680	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	934	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	163.90/cwt	154.00–171.00	513	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	121.71/cwt	115.00–124.00	809	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	112.13/cwt	107.00–116.00	757	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	139.39/cwt	138.00–145.00	477	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	136.90/cwt	130.00–141.00	856	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	521	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	715	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	136.26/cwt	124.00–140.00	931	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	116.21/cwt	113.00–121.00	710	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	140.31/cwt	134.00–153.00	811	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	820	123.10/cwt	123.00–123.25	1,009	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	150.95/cwt	149.00–156.00	712	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	148.81/cwt	136.00–156.50	798	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	719	124.39/cwt	124.00–124.50	894	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	516	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	989	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	586	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	795	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	568	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	892	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	770	116.99/cwt	116.75–119.00	901	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	123.20/cwt	122.00–125.00	758	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	617	147.57/cwt	146.75–148.00	911	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	877	123.95/cwt	123.95–123.95	1,087	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	735	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	948	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	851	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	945	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,043	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	164.07/cwt	150.00–169.50	696	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	365	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	569	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	51.48/cwt	51.00–52.00	812	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	55.48/cwt	54.00–57.50	879	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	48.52/cwt	48.00–49.00	655	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,372	60.32/cwt	60.00–61.00	828	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	56.07/cwt	54.00–58.00	714	14
Bulls	—	—	1,663	85.01/cwt	84.00–86.00	1,414	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	458	144.99/cwt	144.00–146.00	664	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	523	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	701	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	471	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	429	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	698	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	55.63/cwt	55.00–56.00	604	3
Bulls	—	—	1,363	78.08/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,064	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	100.74/cwt	99.00–103.00	725	7
Bulls	—	—	1,525	91.50/cwt	91.50–91.50	1,395	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	46.36/cwt	45.00–48.00	500	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	671	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	825	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	426	146.50/cwt	145.00–147.00	624	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	651	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	790	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	528	163.69/cwt	161.00–166.00	864	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	430	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	583	101.60/cwt	94.00–109.00	592	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	245	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	363	136.17/cwt	132.50–140.00	494	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	140.07/cwt	134.00–146.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	117.14/cwt	110.00–125.00	492	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	773	126.18/cwt	126.00–131.00	975	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	532	126.10/cwt	122.00–128.00	671	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	589	125.49/cwt	116.00–127.00	739	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	127.92/cwt	123.00–130.00	741	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	111.74/cwt	110.00–116.00	809	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	143.84/cwt	140.00–147.00	826	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	820	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	155.54/cwt	151.00–157.00	583	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	129.73/cwt	125.00–132.00	680	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	143.57/cwt	136.00–148.00	547	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	471	129.66/cwt	120.00–135.00	611	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	551	133.50/cwt	133.00–134.00	736	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	120.11/cwt	118.00–121.50	985	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	141.75/cwt	139.00–143.00	607	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	141.00/cwt	135.00–146.00	753	7

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass Stockyards - Maysville, KY

Tue Mar 9, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 877Last week 667Year ago 636

Slaughter CattleReceipts 91Last week 28Year ago 35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	368	150.00–172.00	164.33
1	—	785	119.00	119.00
3	—	313	154.00–171.00	163.90
18	—	625	130.00–141.00	136.90
33	—	683	124.00–140.00	136.26
6	—	578	134.00–153.00	140.31
7	—	472	149.00–156.00	150.95
17	—	536	136.00–156.50	148.81
1	—	295	175.00	175.00
1	—	875	113.00	113.00
1	—	940	111.00	111.00
17	—	424	150.00–169.50	164.07
8	—	820	118.00–121.50	120.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	820	123.00–123.25	123.10
35	—	617	146.75–148.00	147.57
66	—	877	123.95	123.95
1	—	735	129.00	129.00
27	—	773	126.00–131.00	126.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	568	157.00	157.00
13	—	528	161.00–166.00	163.69
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	120.00	120.00
2	—	363	132.50–140.00	136.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	629	121.00–127.00	125.22
6	—	455	145.00–152.00	149.51
8	—	665	115.00–124.00	121.71
2	—	440	134.00–146.00	140.07
8	—	724	110.00–116.00	111.74
12	—	574	140.00–147.00	143.84
2	—	752	109.00	109.00
4	—	375	151.00–157.00	155.54
7	—	534	135.00–146.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	98.00	98.00
3	—	532	122.00–128.00	126.10
1	—	690	107.00	107.00
15	—	589	116.00–127.00	125.49
4	—	471	120.00–135.00	129.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	726	118.50	118.50
9	—	467	129.00–140.00	135.04
6	—	675	107.00–116.00	112.13
5	—	342	138.00–145.00	139.39
9	—	611	113.00–121.00	116.21
21	—	579	123.00–130.00	127.92
21	—	524	125.00–132.00	129.73
12	—	381	136.00–148.00	143.57
3	—	428	139.00–143.00	141.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	521	137.25	137.25
19	—	719	124.00–124.50	124.39
16	—	586	135.75	135.75
19	—	770	116.75–119.00	116.99
10	—	615	122.00–125.00	123.20
5	—	851	111.00	111.00
6	—	671	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	156.00	156.00
4	—	458	144.00–146.00	144.99
3	—	523	134.00	134.00
8	—	426	145.00–147.00	146.50
8	—	551	133.00–134.00	133.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	720	99.00–103.00	100.74
1	—	645	101.00	101.00
2	—	583	94.00–109.00	101.60
1	—	245	122.50	122.50
2	—	420	110.00–125.00	117.14
1	—	545	108.00	108.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	471	91.00	91.00
1	—	430	93.00	93.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,578	51.00–52.00	51.48
5	—	1,585	54.00–57.50	55.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,350	48.00–49.00	48.52
3	—	1,372	60.00–61.00	60.32
14	—	1,273	54.00–58.00	56.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	62.00	62.00
3	—	1,085	55.00–56.00	55.63
3	—	1,078	45.00–48.00	46.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,663	84.00–86.00	85.01
2	—	1,363	75.00–81.00	78.08
1	—	1,525	91.50	91.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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